Molded fibrous lambrequin



(No Model.)

A. B. REPLOGLE. Molded Fibrous Lambrequin'.

Patented March 8,1881.

UNITED STATES PATENT Carton.

AARON B. REPIJOG'LE, OF BRYAN, OHIO.

MOLDED FIBROUS LAMBREQUIN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 238,527, dated March 8, 1881.

Application filed November 10, 1880.

- ing drawings, and to letters or figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification, and in which Figure l is a front elevation of the lambrequin, the sections thereof joined together, and the whole suspended from the cornice across the window 5 and Fig. 2 is a perspective of the same parts, the lambrequin being detached from the cornice and the several sections of it being disconnected.

My invention relates to wi ndow-lambrequins,

and has for its object the formation of a lambrequin cheap of production, light in substance, and durable in use; and it consists in the lambrequin made from or out of pulp, paper, manila, or other analogous fibrous material molded or pressed into the desired shape, and which may be made in sections and colored and ornamented to suit the tastes of the manufacturers or purchasers.

An article of this kind can be made so cheaply that it will be within the reach of many persons who cannot afford to purchase a lambrequin made of cloth or other costly textile frabric, and while being cheap of production it can be colored. and ornamented so as to form an excellent imitation of the most expensive lambrequin now made. It is not destructible by the attacks of moths, as most textile lambrequins are. It is light, and for that reason many of them can be packed and transported at little cost. It can be readily adjusted to position on the cornice, and the weight of it will not tend to bear or break down the cornice from its fastenings.

The lambrequins are preferably made in sections, so that-the parts can be more easily pressed or molded.

The molds are of any configuration desired, and the material, which is usually moistened before being pressed, when taken from the mold has the configuration of the mold, as Well as any figures that may be on its face, impressed upon it.

(No model.)

In the accompanying drawings there is illustrated one form of lambrequiln, the sections being the corner or end pieces, a, which are formed so that a portion will turn back to the window frame, the intermediate pieces, 12, which are molded to imitate the folds of a piece of textile fabric, and the center-piece c, which is likewise molded. Each ofthese pieces is molded with a corded fringe, d, and when to be suspended from the cornice f by any suitable fastening the sections are connected together by pins 6 or other fastening, and the center-piece 0 is placed. over the intersection of the pieces I), and when the lambrequin has been hung it appears as illustrated in Fig. 1 of the drawings.

In addition to the figures or designs that may be molded or impressed upon the lambrequin, other figures and designs may be printed or painted thereon; and instead of molding the imitation folds and fringe, they may be painted or printed upon the otherwise molded lambrequin.

Of course any color or shade of color may be given to the lambrequin by printing or painting, or by coloring the pulp or paper before it is molded.

I am aware that lambrequins have been.

made by specially preparing paper or paper and cloth therefor, then printing the design of the lambrequin on that prepared frabric, and subsequently cutting the lambrequin from the roll of fabric so prepared and printed.

Having described my in vention,what I claim 1s- 1. A lambrequin made of fibrous material molded into the desired configuration, substantially as set forth.

2. A lambrequin made of fibrous material molded in sections, substantially as set forth.

3. A lambrequin formed of fibrous material molded or pressed into shape and provided With the separable center-piece, c, substantially as set forth.

4. A lam brequin formed of fibrous material pressed into shape and made in sections, comprising end pieces, intermediate pieces, and a center-piece, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

AARON B. REPLOGLE.

Witnesses:

O. SGHOTIE, H. O. DIENER. 

